Emergency-tank for automobiles



S. H. LOVE. EMERGENCY TANK FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5,;I917. RENEWED um. 14, 1920.

1,351,336, Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

SAMUEL H; LOVE, or'snivrenn, rnonrnn.nssrornon. or one-Terran T0 HENRY I s MEACHAM, 0F SANFORD, FLORIDA.

EMERGENCY-TANK Fen 'nu'roMoBInns.

Specification of.I.etters Patent. Patgntgd Aug, 31; 1920,

Application filed September 5, 1917, Serial No. 189,777. Renewed January-14, Serial No. 351,495.

To all whom it may, concern;

Be it known that I, SAMUELH. Love, a

citizen of the United States, 1 residing at Sanford, in the county of Seminole and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements 1n Emergency- Tanks .for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to an emergency tank for automobiles.

The object of the present invention is t provide a simple, practical and efficient filled so that an emergency supply may be had for running the machine in event of the main tank being accidentally emptied. It is also an object of the invention to provide an emergency tank of this character from which the oil, gasolene or other fuel,

or water will not run into the main tank and which may also be cut off from the main tank so that when the emergency supply is emptied into the main tank it will not return to the emergency tank.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of'the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: a

Figure l is a side elevation of an automobile provided with an emergency tank constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view'of the emergency tank.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates an emergency tank located beneath therunning board 2 at one side of an automobile 3 and secured to the running board by means of metallic straps or hangers a located at the terminal portions of the tank. The straps or hangers conform to the configuration of the tank and their terminal portions 5 are angularly bent to fitagainst the lower face of therunning board and are suitably secured thereto by screws or other fastening devices. The x tank is preferably rectangular in both cross section. and longitudinal sectionand is designed to be of sufiicient size to hold a gallon In the drawing, the rear I of fuel or water.

end of the tank is connected by a pipe 6 j with the main fuel tank 7 of the automo-v bile, a suitable valve 8 being located in the pipe for cutting off the emergency tank when the contents thereof have been emptied into the main fuel tank for emergency use. The fuel tank 1 is also providedwith an inclined bottom 9 and the said tank. is

provided at a point adjacent to the lower end of the bottom with a discharge cock or valve 10-so that the contents of the emergency tank may be emptied into a receptacle and transferred from the emergency tank to the main tank should the latter be acci r dentally emptied. This will afford a sufficient amount of fuelto enable a machineto reach a point where the main tank can be refilled. After the contents of the auxiliary tank are drawn off, the valve Sis closed and,

the fuel is poured into the main tank and will be prevented by the valve from return-j ing to the emergency tank. Each of the running boards may be equipped with the tank shown and one of the tanks may be I tank so as to protect the same from injury while permitting ready access to the auxof water for coolacting to support and to cover said auxiliary .iliary tanlqsaicl auxiliary tank being po SltlOIlGCl below the main tank, a pipe establishing communication between the main tank and the auxiliary tank at the top thereof, a control valve in said pipe,'and means for draining fuel from said auxiliary tank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL H. LOVE.

Witnesses: r

'M. I. LEWIS, VBENNETT S. JONES. 

